Page 1 DDR400 incompatibilities as a result of discrepancy in memory manufacturing. In an effort to provide our customers the highest product quality and performance, SOYO has tested a number of memory modules to ensure compatibility. Please visit our web site at http://www.soyousa.com/products/proddesc.php?id=185 for information on Recommended Memory.
Page 2 SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Motherboard **************************************************** AMD Athlon & Duron Processors Supported VIA KT400 AGP/PCI Motherboard 100/133 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor **************************************************** User's Manual...
Page 3 It is the policy of SOYO Computer Inc. to respect the valid patent rights of third parties and not to infringe upon or to cause others to infringe upon such rights.
Page 4: Table Of Contents
CHAPTER 1 MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION......1 INTRODUCTION.............1 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD ......1 KEY FEATURES..............2 HANDLING THE MOTHERBOARD ......6 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS..6 SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT..7 SY -KT400 DRAGON Ultra MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS ..8 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ........10 PREPARATIONS............10 INSTALLATION GUIDE ..........11 QUICK BIOS SETUP.............38 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY..........44...
Page 5 Table of Contents SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra CHAPTER 6 HIGHPOINT HPT372 DRIVER INSTALLATION...99 CHAPTER 7 VIA LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION......105 APPENDIX A HIGHPOINT HPT372 MANUAL ......108 APPENDIX B ...140 C-MEDIA 6 CHANNEL AUDIO SOLUTION MANUAL APPENDIX C .......179 TROUBLESHOOTING AT FIRST START APPENDIX D ...........186...
Page 6: Chapter 1 Motherboard Description
Chapter 1 MOTHERBOARD DESCRIPTION 1-1 INTRODUCTION The SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra AGP/PCI motherboard is a high performance Socket A, ATX form-factor system board. The SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra uses VIA Chipset technology and supports AMD Socket class processors. This motherboard is fully compatible with industry standards and adds many technical enhancements.
Page 7: Key Features
Newly released AMD Socket A CPUs may be supported by the SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra. Please check the FAQ at http://www.soyo.com for further information. CPU SETTINGS The SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra provides the user with a very complete and convenient CPU setting environment. The CPU settings are all adjusted...
Page 8: Memory Support
SOYO COMBO page in the BIOS, therefore rendering the use of jumpers obsolete. CPU FSB Frequency The SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra supports a wide range of CPU FSB frequency settings: 100~255MHz for 100MHz and 133MHz FSB CPU For accuracy and to maximize the board’s overclocking potential, the CPU FSB frequency can be set up by 1 MHz increment.
Page 9 The SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra supports advanced functions such as: Wake-On-LAN Some advanced network cards can wake the system up over the network, the WOL connector is provided by the SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra to support this function. Multiple boot Booting from devices such as CD-ROM.
Page 10: Hardware Monitor
This voltage is always fed into the motherboard and is used for functions such as WOL. SOYO Bonus Pack CD-ROM COMPLIANCE The SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra complies with all important industry standards. The following underlines the reliability of the SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra, a motherboard to trust. PC99, ACPI compliant WARRANTY All SOYO motherboards are back with one-year manufacturer’s warranty...
Page 11: Handling The Motherboard
Motherboard Description SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra  DDR RAM Clock  DDR Voltage  AGP Voltage 1-4 HANDLING THE MOTHERBOARD To avoid damage to your motherboard, please follow these simple rules while unpacking: Before handling the motherboard, ground yourself by grasping an unpainted portion of the system's metal chassis.
Page 12: Sy-Kt400 Dragon Ultra Motherboard Layout
Motherboard Description SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 1-6 SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT PS/2 KB PS/2 Mouse Connector Connector USB 1_2 COM 1 ATX Power COM 2 LINE-OUT LINE-IN IDE 1 IDE 2 GAME PORT AGP PRO Audio PCI Slot #1 CD_SPDIF...
Page 13: Sy-Kt400 Dragon Ultra Motherboard Components
Motherboard Description SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 1-7 SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS □...
Page 14 Motherboard Description SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra MIC & LAN LED Connector ATX Power Supply Connector LAN PHY Chassis Cooling Fan Connector Socket A Connector VIA KT400 North Bridge Chip DDR DIMM Banks CPU Cooling Fan Connector ABR Buzzer Bus Mastering EIDE/ATAPI Ports...
Page 15: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Congratulations on owning a-SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra. You are about to install and connect your new motherboard. Note: Do not unpack the motherboard from its protective anti-static packaging until you have made the following preparations.
Page 16: Installation Guide
Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 2-2 INSTALLATION GUIDE We will now begin the installation process. Please follow the step-by-step procedure designed to lead you to a complete and correct installation. Step 1- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2- Install memory modules...
Page 17 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole distinctive edge on the socket. Seat the processor in the socket completely and without forcing. Then close the socket handle to secure the CPU in place.
Page 18: Cpu Fan Installation
Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Remember to connect the CPU Cooling Fan to the appropriate power connector on the motherboard. The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability. It prevents overheating, therefore prolonging the life of your CPU.
Page 19 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3. To install this clip, push firmly only on the end of the clip. To install the clip, typically requires 12 to 24 pounds of force. 4. The fans power connector should be connected to CPUFAN1.
Page 20 FOC function. When the CPU temperature exceeds the temperature set in the CPU Temp. Protection in the BIOS setup, SOYO’s Anti burn Regulator (ABR) will automatically shutdown the system and beep until the power button is press for one time. For more info about ABR, check pages 17.
Page 21 SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra FOC ( Fan-Off Control ) The newly designed SOYO “FOC” is based on the concept of total protection for CPU, which is very different from currently seen on the market. The H/W control function is used to see a passive security system of monitoring and warning.
Page 22 FOC will be disable. ABR (Anti Burn Regulator) SOYO's ABR (Anti Burn Regulator) is specially designed hardware circuits that works hand in hand with the CPU’s internal sensor in monitoring the temperature of the CPU and prevent it from overheating.
Page 23: Step 2 Install Memory Module
Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Step 2 Install Memory Module □ Your board comes with three DIMM sockets, providing support for up to 3GB of main memory using unbuffered and non-ECC DIMM modules. On this motherboard, DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed.
Page 24: Step 3 Install Expansion Card
Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Step 3 Install Expansion Card The motherboard has 1 AGP PRO slot and 5 PCI slots. Read the related expansion card’s instruction document before inserting the expansion card into the computer. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.
Page 25 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Assigned Interrupt Table for PCI Device PCI Device PCI slot 1/5 PCI slot 2 PCI slot 3 PCI slot 4 On-board Audio On-board RAID Step 4 Connect cables, case wires, and power supply A. IDE Device Installation (HDD, CD-ROM)
Page 26 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra This motherboard offers two primary and two secondary IDE device connectors (IDE1, IDE2), can support up to four high-speed Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 HDD or CD-ROM. IDE3 & IDE4 can support up to four high-speed Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 HDD.
Page 27: Floppy Drive
Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra B. Floppy Drive Installation Pin -1 Floppy Drive Connector □ The system supports 5 possible floppy drive types: 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, 2.88 MB, and LS-120. Connect one side of the 34-pin flat cable to the floppy drive and plug the other end to the floppy drive connector on the motherboard.
Page 28: Power Led
Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Front Panel Connections Speaker Power LED Reset PWRBT HDD LED □ Plug the computer case's front panel devices to the corresponding headers on the motherboard. 1. Power LED Please install according to the following pin assignment: pin 1,3 are for Power LED.
Page 29 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 2. Reset Plug the Reset push-button cable into the 2-pin Reset header on the motherboard. Pushing the Reset button on the front panel will cause the system to restart the boot-up sequence. Reset Pin Assignment Power Good 3.
Page 30 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 5. ATX Power On/Off Switch Attach the 2-pin momentary type switch to the PWRBT header for turning ON or OFF your ATX power supply. PWRBT Pin Assignment Power On/Off D. Back Panel Connections All external devices such as the PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, printer, modem, USB can be plugged directly onto the motherboard back panel.
Page 31 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 1. Onboard Serial Ports COM1/COM2 External peripherals that use serial transmission scheme include: serial mouse modem Plug the serial device cables directly into the COM1/COM2 9-pin male connectors located at the rear panel of the motherboard.
Page 32 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 5. Universal Serial Bus (USB1/USB2, USB20_1/USB20_2) This motherboard provides 6 USB ports for your additional devices. Plug the USB device jack into the available USB connector USB1 or USB2. USB20_1 and USB20_2 are available. To make use of these USB ports, purchase a USB cable from your dealer.
Page 33 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Line-out Line-in 5.1-channel Speaker System To use a surround or 5.1 channel speaker, please purchase a SPDIF audio connector card (check page 33 for more information). E. Other Connections 1. Wake-On-LAN (WOL) Attach the 3-pin connector from the LAN card that supports the Wake-On-LAN (WOL) function to the JP44 header on the motherboard.
Page 34 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Wake-On-LAN JP44 Pin Assignment MP-Wake-Up 5VSB 2. Standard Infrared (SIRCON) Plug the 5-pin infrared device cable to the SIRCON header. This will enable the infrared transfer function. This motherboard meets both the ASKIR and HPSIR specifications.
Page 35 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3. Cooling Fan Installation (1) CPU Cooling Fan (CPUFAN1,CPUFAN2) After you have seated the CPU properly on the processor, attach the 3-pin fan cable to the CPUFAN connector on the motherboard. The fan will stop when the system enters into Suspend Mode.
Page 36 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra (2) Chassis Cooling Fan (CHAFAN1,CHAFAN2,CHAFAN3) Some chassis also feature a cooling fan. This motherboard features a CHAFAN connector to provide 12V power to the chassis fan. Connect the cable from the chassis fan to the CHAFAN 3-pin connector. Install according to the following...
Page 37 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 4. CD Line-in (CDIN1,CDIN2) This motherboard provides two CD-Line in connectors. Please connect the 4-pin audio cable from your CD-ROM drive to either CDIN1 or CDIN2. (It fits in only one, depending on the cable that came with your CD-ROM drive)
Page 38 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 6. SPK5 (optional) Connect one end of the Audio flat cable to SPK5 connector in the motherboard, and the other end to the SPDIF audio card connector. This card is optional, Please check with your dealer if this card is included.
Page 39 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 7. CD_SPDIF CD_SPDIF SPDIF IN2 8. MIC & LED Connector (J30) You can connect the Line-out /MIC in/LAN LED to the front panel of your PC case. (If this option is available in your PC case.)
Page 40: Atx Power
Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra F. ATX Power Supply Plug the connector from the power directly into the 20-pin male ATX PW connector on the motherboard, as shown in the following figure. ATX Power □ Warning: Follow these precautions to preserve your motherboard...
Page 41 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assignment: ATX Power 5VSB PW-OK Pay special care to the directionality. PS-ON 3.3V -12V 3.3V 3.3V +12V Pin1 P2 is for AGP PRO use only.
Page 42: Step 5 Power On
Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra G. CMOS Clear (JP5) In some cases the CMOS memory may contain wrong data, follow the steps below to clear the CMOS memory. Put the jumper back to 1-2 to allow writing of new data into the CMOS memory.
Page 43: Quick Bios Setup
2-3 QUICK BIOS SETUP This motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency. Instead, CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS [SOYO COMBO FEATURE]. The [SOYO COMBO FEATURE] combines the main parameters that you need to configure, all in one menu, for a quick setup in BIOS.
Page 44 The CPU and Memory will be set automatically. Advanced User settings The default setting in the SOYO Combo setup is set to “AUTO”. It can be changed to “Manual” for advance User to have better control of the BIOS.
Page 45 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Manually set CPU frequency. Once the “CPU Frequency Mode” is set to “Manual”, the CPU FSB (Front side Bus speed) can be changed from the range of 0~255MHz. Of course not all the setting will work for your CPU. For Current AMD Athlon XP, the standard rated FSB is either 100 MHz or 133MHz.
Page 46: Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Changing “CPU to PCI Divider”. Once the frequency of the CPU is changed, the next (most important) thing to do is to change the “CPU to PCI Divider”. The purpose of the divider is to allow the PCI bus to run at the standard “33MHz”...
Page 47 Hardware Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra DRAM clock select DRAM clock can be set either “By SPD” (Serial Present Detect), which means the BIOS will pick up the preprogrammed module setting or User can manually pick. Bear in mind that the Dram clock can only be equal or higher than the CPU FSB setting.
Page 48 13.0x or above multiplier option in the [CPU Ratio Select] will only work with CPU with 13.0x or above multiplier SOYO is not responsible for damage done in your CPU or system instability due to overclocking. You are now ready to configure your system with the BIOS setup program. Go...
Page 49: Chapter 3 Bios Setup Utility
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY This motherboard's BIOS setup program uses the ROM PCI BIOS program from Award Software Inc. To enter the Award BIOS program's Main Menu: 1. Turn on or reboot the system.
Page 50 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Hot Keys: Function keys give you access to a group of commands throughout the BIOS utility. Function Command Description Gives the list of options available for each General Help item. Previous Restore the old values. These are the values Values that the user started the current session with.
Page 51: Save And Exit Setup
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra SAVE AND EXIT SETUP Select the [SAVE & EXIT SETUP] option from the Main Menu to save data to CMOS and exit the setup utility. This option saves all your changes and causes the system to reboot.
Page 52: Soyo Combo Setup
<DEL> key during the system diagnostic checks to enter the Award BIOS Setup program. The CMOS SETUP UTILITY will display on screen. Then, select the [SOYO COMBO SETUP] option from the main menu and press the <Enter> key.
Page 53: Soyo Combo Feature
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra The [SOYO COMBO SETUP] menu combines the main parameters that you need to configure, all in one menu, for a quick setup in BIOS. System Performance Setting Description Note Normal Adjust your computer Default...
Page 54 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra SOYO COMBO Feature (Continue) Setting Description Note Auto Allows you to select your CPU Default CPU Ratio Ratio. Select 5.0x, 5.5x, 6.0x, 6.5x, 7.0x, 7.5x, 8.0x, 8.5x, 9.0x, 9.5x, 10.0x, 10.5x, 11.0x, 11.5x, 12.0x, 12.5x, 13.0x,...
Page 55: Onboard Ide Raid
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra AGP Voltage Adjust Setting Description Note Default Default AGP Voltage This function allow to adjust the 1.6V Select AGP voltage. 1.7V 1.8V C.I.H. 4-WAY Protection Settings Setting Description Note C.I.H. Disabled When set to enabled, the BIOS can only...
Page 56: System Boot Control Settings
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra System Boot Control Settings Setting Description Note First Floppy Select Your Boot Device /Second/Third Priority LS120 Boot Device HDD-0 SCSI CDROM HDD-1 HDD-2 HDD-3 ZIP100 USB-FDD USB-ZIP USB-CDROM USB-HDD Disabled Disabled Select Your Boot Device...
Page 57 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-1.1 Advanced Tune-up Settings Caution: Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset. The [DRAM Clock/Drive Control] option changes the values of the chipset registers. These registers control the system options in the computer.
Page 58 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra DRAM Control Setting Description Note DRAM Timing By SPD If enable the DRAM will auto detect the DRAM timing. Default Manual DRAM CAS When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock Latency cycles of CAS latency depends Default on the DRAM timing.
Page 59 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra DRAM Control (Continue) Setting Description Note Increase DRAM performance. Write Recovery Time Default AGP Control Setting Description Note AGP Performance Normal Increase AGP performance. Default Fast AGP Fast Write Disabled The VIA chipset will use fast...
Page 60: Standard Cmos Setup
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP Select the [STANDARD CMOS SETUP] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Mon, Jul 22 2002...
Page 61 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra This Main Menu function automatically detects the hard disk type and configures the [Standard CMOS Features] accordingly. Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter Item Help...
Page 62: Floppy Drives
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Hard Disks Type & Mode Choose the type and mode for the hard disks that you have already installed. Setting Description Note Press Enter To auto-detect the HDD’s size, IDE HDD head… on this channel.
Page 63 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Others Optional Setting Description Note EGA/VGA Select the video mode. Default Video CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO (Monochrome) ALL Errors When the BIOS detects system Default Halt On errors, this function will stop the No Errors system.
Page 64: Advanced Bios Features
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES Select the [Advanced BIOS Features] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU Internal Cache...
Page 65: Boot Up Floppy Seek
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Cache Memory Options Setting Description Note Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled Enables the CPU's internal Default cache. External Cache Disabled Enabled Enables the external Default memory. CPU L2 Cache ECC Disabled Disabled/Enabled L2 Checking cache error checking.
Page 66: Security Option
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Typematic Settings Setting Description Note Disabled Keystrokes repeat at a rate Default Typematic Rate Setting determined by the keyboard. Enabled When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The following [Typematic Rate] and [Typematic Delay] fields are active...
Page 67 ROM to RAM. BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM. BIOS can then execute from RAM. EPA LOGO LOGO-0 Allows user to display SOYO logo Default SELECT or own logo. LOGO-1 Logo-0 Shows SOYO logo.
Page 68: Advanced Chipset Features
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES Select the [Advanced Chipset Features] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. Caution: Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset. The [Advanced Chipset Features] option changes the values of the chipset registers.
Page 69 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP (Continue) Setting Description Note Video RAM Disabled When synchronous DRAM is installed, Default Cacheable the number of clock cycles of CAS Enabled latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this field from the default...
Page 70 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-4.1 AGP & P2P Bridge Control Caution: Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset. The [AGP & P2P Bridge Control] option changes the values of the chipset registers. These registers control the system options in the computer.
Page 71 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra AGP & P2P Bridge Control (Continue) Setting Description Note AGP Driving Auto This item allows you to adjust the AGP Default driving force. Choose Manual to key in Control Manual a AGP Driving Value in the next selection.
Page 72 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-4.2 CPU & PCI Bus Control Caution: Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset. The [CPU & PCI Bus Control] option changes the values of the chipset registers. These registers control the system options in the computer.
Page 73: Integrated Peripherals
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Select the [Integrated Peripherals] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key. Caution: Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset. The [INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS] option changes the values of the chipset registers.
Page 74 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS (Continue) Setting Description Note All Disabled This should be enabled if your OnChip USB Controller system has a USB installed on All Enabled Default the system board and you want to use it. Even when so...
Page 75: Via Onchip Ide Device
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-5.1 VIA OnChip IDE Device Caution: Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset. The [VIA OnChip IDE Device] option changes the values of the chipset registers. These registers control the system options in the computer.
Page 76 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra VIA OnChip IDE Device Setting Description Note Disabled Turn off the on-board On-Chip IDEChannel 0 /IDE Channel 1 Enabled Use the on-board IDE Default Primary Secondary mode 0-4 0 is the slowest speed Primary Master PIO...
Page 77: Superio Device
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-5.2 SuperIO Device Caution: Change these settings only if you are already familiar with the Chipset. The [SuperIO Device] option changes the values of the chipset registers. These registers control the system options in the computer.
Page 78 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra SuperIO Device (Continue) Setting Description Note Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 / 3F8/IRQ4 Choose serial port 1 & 2's I/O Default Serial Port 2 address. (port 1) Do not set port 1 & 2 to the same...
Page 79: Power Management Setup
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The [POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP] sets the system's power saving functions. Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1 (POS) Item Help Power Management Option...
Page 80 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra After you have completed the Power Management Setup, press [Esc] to return to the Main Menu. Power Management Controls Setting Description Note ACPI Suspend S1(POS) The system will enter the S1 Default Type states during suspend. (Low...
Page 81 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Power Management Controls (Continue) Setting Description Note Soft-Off by Instant-off Default PWR-BTTN Delay 4 Sec. Turns off the system power 4 seconds after pushing the power button. Auto Some OS (win xp/2k) requires to...
Page 82 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra IRQ/Event Activity Detect (Continue) Setting Description Note PS2MS Enabled You can boot-up your system by Default Wakeup from PS/2 mouse. Disabled S1-S5 LPT & COM LPT/COM When On of LPT & COM, any Default...
Page 83: Irqs Activity Monitoring
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-6.1 IRQs Activity Monitoring This option sets the IRQs Activity Monitoring. Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR Item Help IRQ3 (COM 2) Enabled IRQ4 (COM 1) Enabled Menu Level...
Page 84 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra IRQs Activity Monitoring Setting Description Note When set to On, any event occurring Default Primary INTR at will awaken a system which has been powered down. Enabled IRQ3(COM2), IRQ4(COM1), IRQs Activity Monitoring IRQ5(LPT2), IRQ6(Floppy Disk),...
Page 85: Pnp/Pci Configurations
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-7 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS This option sets the motherboard’s PCI Slots. Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility PNP/PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Controlled By Auto (ESCD)
Page 86: Pnp/Pci Configuration Controls
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra PNP/PCI Configuration Controls PNP/PCI Setting Description Note Controls Set this field to [Yes] if you PnP OS are running Windows 95, Installed which is PnP compatible. If the OS you are running Default does not support PnP...
Page 87 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra PNP/PCI Configuration Setup (Continue) PNP/PCI Setting Description Note Setup Interrupt How to set the BIOS to release the IRQ to the PnP Interrupt pool: Line PnP / PCI configuration Integrated Peripherals IRQ 15 IRQ 15: PCI / ISA PnP...
Page 88: Pc Health Status
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-8 PC HEALTH STATUS This option sets the motherboard's PC Health Status. Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status FOC (Fan-Off Control) Enabled Item Help ABR (Anti Burn Regulator) Default(85°C) Vcore 1.75 V...
Page 89 BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra CPU Device Monitoring (Continue) Setting Description Note ABR (Anti Burn Set the CPU temperature for the 120°C/248°F system to shutdown. Regulator) 115°C/239°F 110°C/230°F 105°C/221°F 100°C/212°F 95°C/203°F 90°C/194°F 85°C/185°F 80°C/176°F 75°C/167°F 70°C/158°F 65°C/149°F 60°C/140°F 55°C/131°F 50°C/122°F...
Page 90: Load Fail-Safe Defaults
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-9 LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS Select the [Load Fail-Safe Defaults] option from the Main Menu to load a pre-defined safe bios settings. This option is recommended if you have instability issue. Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility...
Page 91: Load Optimized Defaults
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS Select the [Load Optimized Defaults] option from the Main Menu to load a pre-defined optimized BIOS settings. Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility SOYO COMBO Feature PC Health Status...
Page 92: Set Supervisor Password
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra 3-11 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Based on the setting you have made in the [Security Option] of the [BIOS FEATURES SETUP] section, the password prevents access to the system or the setup program by unauthorized users. Follow this procedure to set a new...
Page 93: Set User Password
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Enter your new password and press [Enter]. The following message appears, prompting to confirm the new password: Confirm Password: Re-enter your password and then press [Enter] to exit to the Main Menu. This diagram outlines the password selection procedure: Type the Password Press <Enter>...
Page 94: Boot Menu
BIOS Setup Utility SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Boot Menu Boot Menu enables user to boot-up on different boot device without going into the BIOS setup. To enable boot Menu, press “ESC” after memory initialization, user will see a device menu, in which user can choose the device they wish to boot from.
Page 95: Chapter 4 Drivers Installation
In that case the following dialog will pop up. Please choose your motherboard model number and press OK. Now the SOYO-CD Start Up Menu will come up as shown on the following page (SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu)
Page 96 SOYO motherboard the system uses and displays the corresponding model name. The user's manual files included on the SOYO CD are in PDF (Postscript Document) format. In order to read a PDF file, the appropriate Acrobat Reader software must be installed in your system.
Page 97 Drivers installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra VIA 4 in 1 driver. C-Media 8738 audio driver. – Only required if you are using the onboard audio. VIA USB 2.0 driver. LAN driver. Should be installed manually. HighPoint driver should be installed manually. Check Chapter 6.
Page 98 Drivers installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra the VIA IDE Bus Mastering driver is the only driver to be installed in your system. A description of 4 drivers follows:  Bus Master PCI IDE Driver The ATAPI IDE driver enables the performance enhancing bus mastering functions on ATA-capable Hard Disk Drives and ensures IDE device compatibility.
Page 99 Step 3. Check the Latest Releases Click the 'Check the latest Releases' button to go the SOYO Website to automatically find the latest BIOS, manual and driver releases for your motherboard. This button will only work if your computer is connected to the internet through a network or modem connection.
Page 100 Drivers installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra After Windows XP installation, your device manager should look like this:...
Page 101 Drivers installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra After driver installation, your Windows XP device manager should look like this:...
Page 102 Drivers installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Drivers directory list in the CD driver...
Page 103: Chapter 5 Audio Driver Installation
Audio Driver Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Chapter 5 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION Audio Driver Installation for Windows 98/98se After you have installed the audio driver, windows may prompt you to restart your computer. When your computer restarted it may look for windows driver from your Win98CD and ask you to insert your Win98/98se CD to your CD-drive.
Page 104: Chapter 6 Highpoint Hpt372 Driver Installation
Highpoint HPT372 Driver Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Chapter 6 Highpoint HPT 372 Driver Installation You can use your HPT372 as Normal IDE function. RAID function. To use IDE3 and IDE4 as normal IDE, please do the following steps 1. Enable on-board IDE RAID in the bios.
Page 105 2. In the follow-on window, select Driver item, then click button. 3. In the follow-on window, select Have Disk..4. Insert the SOYO CD of driver, input the path of driver D:\Raid\Hpt372_234\WinNT, then click 5. In follow-on window, select HPT370/HPT372...
Page 106 3. Double click “! RAID controller” 4. Re-install driver 5. Choose “search for a suitable driver….” 6. Insert SOYO Driver CD, click next 7. During installation, Win 2K will prompt you to insert the RAID driver diskette 8. Browse to the directory that contains the missing file (D:\raid\hpt372_234\winxp).
Page 107 Highpoint HPT372 Driver Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Installing Driver During OS Installation Install driver during Windows NT4.0 installation 1. Go to “d:\raid\hpt372_234\” directory, (assuming that your CD-ROM is drive d) copy all the files and directory to a floppy disk.
Page 108 Highpoint HPT372 Driver Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Install driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. Go to “d:\raid\hpt372_234\” directory, (assuming that your CD-ROM is drive d) copy all the files and directory to a floppy disk. 2. If Windows 2000 is installed from the floppy drive, please let the installing program run automatically.
Page 109 Highpoint HPT372 Driver Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra Install driver during Windows XP installation 1. Go to “d:\raid\\hpt372_234\” directory, (assuming that your CD-ROM is drive d) copy all the files and directory to a floppy disk. 2. Booting from CD-ROM, when the...
Page 110: Chapter 7 Via Lan Driver Installation
Click on "Next". Select the following directory. The directory is in SOYO CD "D:\LAN\VIALAN" (where D: is your CD-ROM) then click ok and you will need windows 98 second Edition CD to complete the installation, put it in your CD-ROM.
Page 111 VIA Onboard LAN Driver Installation SY-KT400 DRAGON Ultra The directory is in SOYO CD " D:\LAN\VIALAN" (where D: is your CD-ROM) and click ok. After informing windows of the driver directory the driver will be installed Restart your system after installation.
Page 112 Double click "VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter". Click "Driver". Click "Update Driver". Select "Install from a list or specific locations", click it. Click on "Next". Click "Browse" The LAN driver directory is in SOYO CD "D:\LAN\VIALAN" (where D: is your CD-ROM), then press "ok".
Page 113: Appendix A Highpoint Hpt372 Manual
APPENDIX A HighPoint HPT 372...
Page 114: Getting Started
Introduction HPT372 is a UDMA/ATA133 RAID controller. You can either use HPT 372 (IDE3, IDE4) as a RAID controller or as a regular IDE controller. RAID Administrator is a Windows-based RAID management utility for HPT372 RAID Controller. With graphical user interface, RAID Administrator enable users to easily configure, manage harddisk and disk arrays connected to HPT372 RAID controller.
Page 115 To be able to use the RAID function, please do the following: 1. Connect the 2 Hard disk on IDE3/4. Set it as master. 2. Enable the RAID function in the BIOS 3. Create a Disk Array. For create instructions see below. 4.
Page 116: Enter Into Bios Configuration Utility
HPT372 BIOS Utility Configuration Enter into BIOS Configuration Utility When the following information is displayed on screen during the system start-up, press Ctrl+H key to enter into BIOS configuration utility. The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below: Menu: It displays all items of the operating command.
Page 117 4. Select the intended RAID level in the popup selection box and press Enter. 5. Select 2. Select Disk Drives in the menu and press Enter. 6. Select the harddisks to be used for creating the disk array and press Enter to confirm.
Page 118 Enter to confirm. In the validated channel status, select the source disk of the mirror array and then press Enter. 2. Select Target Disk: None In the menu, select and press Enter to confirm. In the validated channel status, select the target disk of the mirror array and then press Enter.
Page 119 In the validated channel status, select the spare disk to be removed and press Enter to confirm. VI. Set Disk Mode The following steps shall be taken to set the disk mode. Select 6. Set Disk Mode in the menu and press Enter confirm.
Page 120 Highpoint ATA RAID Management Software Install Software Insert SOYO driver utility CD, Highlight the driver HighPoint Utility for Win 9x/ME/2000/NT/XP and click ok To manually install the RAID Administrator, insert the SOYO driver utility CD, then browse to the path “d:\ utility\disk1\setup.exe”...
Page 121 Array Type: Select the array type you want to create by RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD and RAID 0/1 in this drop-down list box. Array Name: Specify an array name of eight characters or less for the array you want to create. If you don’ t specify an array name, the system will assign one automatically.
Page 122: Deleting A Raid Array
Click Create. A warning will be displayed. Click Yes to continue. You will get a confirmation screen notifying you that the RAID you specified has been created successfully. You will be prompted to reboot. Click Yes to reboot. Once you have rebooted your system, your main window will display your built arrays.
Page 123 2. Select an array from the Available Array list box and click the “ right hand” button to add it to the Selected Array list box or double click the array in the Available Array list box. The right pane shows the information categories for that array, including Name, Type and Capacity.
Page 124 Click OK to delete the array. Click Cancel to cancel this operation. 4. Once the deletion is completed, you will get a confirmation screen notifying you that the RAID you specified has been deleted successfully. Click Yes to reboot the system when prompted for the changes to take effect.
Page 125 2. To add a disk to the spare pool, select a disk from the Available Disks list box and click the “ right hand” button to add it to the Pool list box. Or double click a disk in the Available Disks list box.
Page 126 If the Disk 'Maxtor 33073H3' is removed from the spare pool, it will weaken the security of RAID 1 (or RAID 0/1) array. Do you want to continue? Once you click a disk in the Available Disks list box or the Pool list box, the device information for that disk appears, including Model Number, Location, Capacity and Mode.
Page 127 3. When the capacity of spare disk can’ t fit all the RAID 1 or RAID 0/1 arrays, the spare disk will not take effect when the arrays are broken. Duplicating an Array Duplicating will copy data from the source disk to the target disk to ensure data consistency on the mirroring array.
Page 128 2. Select one of the arrays from the Array List box. The array information will display on the right pane, including Name, Type and Capacity 3. Click Start. A progress indicator will appear, showing duplicating in progress. Click Abort to abort the duplication.
Page 129 You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the Duplicate window. Setting Event Notification HPT ATA RAID Management Software supports event notification function. When a specified event occurs, the administrator will receive an email in time. To set an event notification, follow these steps.
Page 130 2. Select the Enable Mail Notification check box to enable mail notification function. 3. Select the different Notification Options. Information-Select this option to send a common event to the administrator. Warning-Select this option to send a warning event to the administrator.
Page 131 Administrator – You will type the administrator’ s e- mail address that you want to notify in this option. After you fill out all options in this window, you can click Test to send a testing mail to the relevant people. If the pop-up message reports success, click Save to save the settings.
Page 132 Viewing System Information To run HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software, double-click the icon on the desktop. After the Welcome window, the main window appears. It has five tabs: File, Configuration, Management, View and Help. The View window is the active screen by default. And the System View window is the default screen in it.
Page 133 Double-click one of the array icons will pop up the Logical Device Information window, listing the following items with their corresponding descriptions and the structure information for that array. Those items include Array Name, Array Type, Array Capacity and Status. The structure displays the member disks of the array with their Model Number and Location information.
Page 134 (2) Viewing Physical Device Information Double-click one of the physical device icons will invoke the Physical Device Information window, listing the following items with their relevant descriptions. Those items include Model Number, Location, Capacity, Type, Status, Transfer Mode and Array Name. Click OK to return to the System View window.
Page 135 Double-click on one of the controller icons will bring up the Controller Information window, listing the Controller Information and Channel Information items. The Controller Information item includes the Product and Manufacturer info and the Channel Information item includes Channel, I/O Port, Control Port and Interrupt Level info.
Page 136 4. Renaming a RAID Array Right click the array icon you want to rename will activate a drop-down menu. Choose the Rename item on the menu. The Rename message will appear. Enter the new array name, and then click OK. Note: If the array is broken or disabled or being duplicated, it can not be renamed.
Page 137 Viewing Events Click View-> Event View to open the Event View window. All events are logged in this window. The filter divides them into three types: Information, Warning and Error. Select the Information check box to view common events. Select the Warning check box to view warning events. Select the Error check box to view critical events.
Page 138 The filtered events will be displayed in the lower pane, including Date, Time and the corresponding Description. You can drag the slider up and down in the scrolling bar to view the contents in the event window. After selection of the events, click Save to save the filtered event logs to a test file or Clear to clear all events logs in the system.
Page 139: Other Features
Other Features Besides the above functions, HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software includes the following additional features, which can keep maximum data integrity and consistency in arrays. Auto-detect hot-plug disks If a disk is removed when it is running I/O operations or when some I/O errors occur in this disk, users will be informed.
Page 140 This software can help users to auto-rebuild RAID 1 or RAID 0/1 array under the following 2 conditions. 1. A spare disk exists in the spare pool. When a source disk in a RAID 1 array fails, a mirror disk will replace it automatically and the spare disk will become the mirror disk.
Page 141 How to Verify if the HPT372 RAID Controller Setup is Successful Verify Installation on Windows 98/98SE/ME When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted: 1. Right-click My Computer icon on desktop, and then select Property item from the popup menu. 2.
Page 142 Verify Installation on Windows NT 4.0 When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted: 1. Click Start-->Setup-->Control Panel, and then double-click SCSI Adapter item. 2. If there is HPT370/HPT372 UDMA/ATA RAID Controller item in the popup window, it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed.
Page 143 Verify Installation on Windows 2000 When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted: 1. Right-click My Computer icon, select Property item in the popup menu. 2. In the popup window, select Hardware item and then click Device Manager button.
Page 144 Verify Installation on Windows XP After the driver has been installed and the computer restarted: 1. Right-click My Computer icon, then select Property item from the popup menu 2. In the popup window, select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button.
Page 145: Appendix B C-Media 6 Channel Audio Solution Manual
APPENDIX B C-Media Sound Solution OVERVIEW AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS C-Media 6 Channel Audio offers a new generation in audio solution: it utilizes the state-of-the-art CRL® 3D Audio technology (HRTF 3D positional audio), and supports Microsoft® DirectSound ® 3D and Aureal®’s A3D® interfaces. Better yet, it supports 2/4/6 speakers and DLS based (DownLoadable Sound) wave table music synthesizer which supports the DirectMusic®.
Page 146 their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged. World’s 1st Earphone-like Apparatus for Compensating Rear Sound Effects C-Media XeaR technology is capable of providing virtual rear sound effect compensation for the multi-channel audio system. For other virtues, C-Media XeaR technology helps to eliminate installation works (for...
Page 147 MPU-401 Game/Midi port and legacy audio SB Pro support. Downloadable Wave Table Synthesizer, supporting Direct Music®. Professional digital interface, supporting 24-bit SPDIF IN/OUT (Hardware 44.1K and 48K in/out). Microphone echo and Karaoke ascending/descending key effects. CMI8738/PCI-6CH with XeaR technology support. Digital Audio (SPDIF IN/OUT) Up to 24-bit stereo 44KHz sampling rate;...
Page 148 Insert SOYO driver CD Set up program will pop up dialog box as follow: You can select to install both driver and application or one of...
Page 149 User can choose favorite language This dialog box was reminded you some information about agreement.
Page 150 Select folder to set up program. (Recommend select as default setting)
Page 151 Proceeding install procedure (Include components copy and device search…) Setup program will extract Microsoft DirectX and Direct media components.
Page 152 After copy and extracting, set up program will install device driver and this step will take some time, please be patient. When finished set up the program will pop up a dialog picture to show multi-channel speaker environment. User should select which speaker mode he or she wants.
Page 153 After whole installation procedure has finish, you will need to restart your computer for enable driver and application functions. 3.3 WIN95/98/98SE/ME/2000/XP UN-INSTALLATION If you want to remove audio driver or application you can use uninstall function on “PCI Audio Application”.
Page 154 The uninstall program will confirm your step. If you want to remove those programs then click “Yes”. When you click “Yes”, program will remove files and components. WINDOWS NT 4.0 INSTALLATION We recommend that you install Windows NT 4.0 before you install this PCI audio card, and you not install any other sound card device drivers in your current system.
Page 155 Specify the drive path where NT drivers are in (such as D:\Audio\cmi8738_6Ch\NT40\Drv). 6. Select “C-Media CM8738,” and press “OK”. 7. Select proper I/O value. 8. Press “OK.” 9. Restart the system when being asked. 10. Now, you have already installed the PCI Audio Adapter under Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 successfully.
Page 156 Volume: This is the master control over all outputs. The power of an outputRe signal is determined by both of the volume slider and the slider for the individual output. To modify all the outputs, adjust the volume slider. To change individual output(s), adjust its(their) slider(s).
Page 157 SPDIF IN: Enables the recording from SPDIF in. SPDIF-in is mutually exclusive with other input signals. Advanced: Regulates the advanced settings. Advanced Dialog Box Advanced – SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) SPDIF dialog provides a full control over SPDIF IN/OUT functions. You can use these settings to connect your computer to other pieces of audio device, such as: Mini Disc players, amplifiers…etc.
Page 158 Advanced –Speakers (General Mode) Speakers dialog box provides an interface allowing you to set your speaker mode. CMI8738-6ch supports earphone, 2ch, 4ch, and 5.1ch mode. 1. The “Configuration” tag shows the speakers figure corresponding to your setting. 2. The “Phone Jacks” tag shows the correct phone jack configuration for your Motherboard/sound card.
Page 160 Advanced – Speakers (XeaR Mode) XeaR technology provides a different multi-channel listening method and environment setting. Users can use general open-style earphones to replace rear speakers so that users will hear rear-out sounds from the earphone. Without rear speakers, users will need less setup-up effort, cost and space using XeaR technology.
Page 161 XeaR Mode Front-Out/Line-Out/Earphone Rear-Out Phone Jacks Panel Earphone Front Speakers Please also refer to the phone jack tag in the mixer that will show you how to connect the speakers and your earphone in your machine and then enjoy your XeaR listening experience. To reduce the inconvenience of manual changing plugs, it’s recommended for users to always choose XeaR mode to enjoy personal listening environment and do not need to...
Page 162 Channels Exchanged In XeaR Mode Advanced – Volume Volume dialog provides a full control over the volume of the six channels digital output. You can adjust the volume of sounds from your respective speakers in this dialog. It will be also useful in XeaR mode to optimize the best 3D sound effects.
Page 163 Advanced - Sound effects Sound effects dialog allows you to modify the special environment sound effects of the song and game being played. Currently, these effectors can only be used for the player or the game which utilizes DirectSound 2D and 3D to playback their music. Virtual 5.1 option will try to simulate surround sounds even your digital audio sources are only 2 channels.
Page 164 1. Windows Applications—Audio Rack Audio Rack (for WDM driver) By means of a user-friendly interface (as easy as operating your home stereo system), this PCI audio rack provides you with control over your PC’s audio functions, including the advantage of 4/6 speakers mode enable/disable, and perfect digital sound (SPDIF) input /output control.
Page 165 CD Player can play standard audio CDs, and allow you to create your own playlist. MIDI Player can play MIDI files, *.mid/*.rmi, and allow you to create your own playlist. MP3/Wave Player can play mp3, wave, and MPEG-1 files. It provides EAX and equalizer to improve the sound effects when you playback the audio files.
Page 166 Button Function Playlist: You can select or move tracks of audio CD from and into the playlist. The title of CD and the name of tracks can be modified as well. Playlist dialog will save and show them automatically when you want to play the same CD.
Page 167 Setting: Selects the CD-ROM drive which analog output is connected to the Analog-CD in of your sound card. If your CD-ROM does not connect to the analog CD input wire, please use device manager to change the property of your CD-ROM. Help: Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions.
Page 168 Button Function Playlist: allows you to insert, remove, and record the MIDI files into and from the playlist. You can save the playlist into a file as well. Previous song: Loads the previous MIDI file of playlist. If current file is the first MIDI file, the last one will become the current selection.
Page 169 Setting: Selects the output device you want to use to playback the MIDI files. Help: Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions. About: Shows software version and copyright information. Exit: Stops and leaves the MIDI Player. MP3/Wave Player MP3/Wave Player can play mp3, wave, and MPEG-1 files.
Page 170 Playback time field displays the current playback time. File name and status field displays the file name, audio format, sound effects selection, playback mode, Karaoke mode, and SPDIF status. Button Function Playlist: Playlist allows you to insert, remove, and record the audio files into and from the playlist.
Page 171 Playback forward for 10 seconds: Playback the current to 10 seconds after. Sound effector: You can use this function to modify the special effect of the song being played. Currently, these effectors can only be used for 44.1 KHz, 16-bit format. Recording: You can use this function to record a wave file from any recording channel.
Page 172 Help: Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions. About: Shows software version and copyright information. Exit: Stops and leaves the MP3 player. Multi-Channel Audio Demo CMI8738 PCI-Based C3DX Audio Chip provides many advanced functions, such as: ® HRTF-based CRL 3D extensional/positional audio;...
Page 173 Speakers and Microphone Connection Before running this demo program to feeling the C-Media’s Sound Banquet, you have to connect the speakers and the microphone to the correct phone jacks. JP1/JP2 Note: Some 5.1 speaker have different center/base assignment. Please use the C-media Multi-Channel Audio demo software to check if sounds coming from the center/base speaker are correct.
Page 174 Beside this, you can open multi-channel audio program and click the “TV” on home theater graphic picture. The program will pop up a dialog box to set up advanced setting.
Page 175 How to Adjust the Microphone Volume You have to use the microphone when availing yourself of the "Echo" function. If the microphone is on and is very close to the speakers, it will cause feedback between the two. Also, unusual high frequencies or buzzing sounds might be heard from the speakers.
Page 176 Test Your Speakers Connection To make sure that the front and the rear speakers are correctly connected, you can use the following program to testify individual speaker output. Move cursor to whichever speaker you want to test and left-click the mouse. If the setup is correct, you can hear music coming from that speaker alone.
Page 177 Monotonous footsteps generate distinctive sound effects in different environments. In this Demo, you can hear a lady wearing high heels walk in different surroundings: generic environment, bathroom, sewer pipe, and underwater. Left-click the mouse to activated this Demo and feel the differences.
Page 178 HRTF HRTF stands for Head Related Transfer Functions, and it is a set of audio filters varying locations of sound effects (spatial hearing cues) in three-dimension measured from the listener's eardrum. This technology and special digital signal processing are used to recreate spatial hearing cues, making our ears hear realistic and three-dimensional sounds coming from a pairs of loud speakers or headphones.
Page 179 Echo Like to sing along with Karaoke? It might occur to you to use your PC for this. However, when you turn on the microphone, play the song, and ready to sing, you see that the effect is not as good as expected.
Page 180 Using MP3/Wave Player to Work With Mini Disc Recording MP3/Wave Player is an easy and powerful tool for Mini Disc recording. Besides allowing you to create your own playlist, it also provides a control interface of SPDIF IN/OUT of C-Media's sound card. The following 4 steps can help you create your album into Mini Disc easily.
Page 181 STEP 3.In 'Setting' dialog, check 'Enable SPDIF-OUT', input the playback delay time, and select 5 Vp-p (Optical). Please note that in playback, if there is no lapse longer than three seconds between each track, the MD player cannot recognize the tracks and will record all of them into one.
Page 182 STEP 2.Execute MP3/Wave Player. In 'Setting' dialog, select 5 Vp-p (Optical) or 0.5 Vp-p (Coaxial). STEP 3.In 'Wave Recording' dialog, you should select the recording format and SPDIF-IN recording channel. Then input the file name. Before recording, please turn on your SPDIF-IN device and start to playback. Finally, press 'Record' to start the recording process.
Page 184: Appendix Ctroubleshooting At First Start
APPENDIX C Troubleshooting at First Start Boot-up Issues The system do not power-up, no beeping sound heard and the CPU fan does not turn on. Check if the power cord is plug to the power source. Check if the power is connected to the M/B. Check if the cable of the case power button is connected to the M/B power button connector (see connectors and plug-ins in the manual for more info).
Page 185 3. Check the memory module and the VGA card if inserted properly on the M/B. 4. If yes, change the memory module, it might be defective. Make sure the memory specification is supported by the M/B. (for more info on this, check our FAQ website). Change the VGA card.
Page 186 3. Change the CMOS battery, the battery might be drained. The BIOS chip might be failing. I hear 1-2 beeping sound and then the system shutdown, what is the problem? Make sure to connect the CPU fan to CPUFAN1 connector. Stability Issue My system intermittently locks up, very unstable Check the CPU Temp, it might be overheating.
Page 187: Vga Issue
SOYO branch for re-flashing. Is there a way to reprogram my BIOS after an unsuccessful flash? No other way, you need to send back the BIOS ROM to your nearest SOYO branch for re-flashing I’m using a 133MHz FSB CPU, I cannot find the DDR 100MHz option in the BIOS, why? The DDR speed should not be lower than the CPU FSB speed.
Page 188: Audio Issue
VGA card support Suspend to Ram function Audio Issue How can I disable the on-board Audio? Go to the SOYO Combo Feature in the BIOS setup, then set the “onboard 6CH H/W audio” to disable. I cannot get the sound working on my system.
Page 189: Hard Disk/Fdd/ Cd-Rom Issue
CDIN1 connector in the M/B is not connected. See manual for location of CDIN1. The sound from my sound card is distorted when Windows start. What is wrong? If you are using an ISA sound card, please make sure the IRQ needed for the sound card is set to 'Legacy ISA' in the BIOS.
Page 190 LAN Issues During LAN driver installation, the system hangs on 75%, why? Enable the onboard LAN in the BIOS setup. I have problem installing Novell NetWare v.50 Disable the APIC option in the BIOS. For updated FAQs, please check http://www.soyo.com.tw/faq.htm http://www.soyousa.com/faqs.html...
Page 191: Appendix Dcontact Information
APPENDIX D How to contact us: If you are interested in our products, please contact the SOYO sales department in the region you live. If you require Technical Assistance, please contact our Technical Support in the region you live. SOYO prefers Email as communication medium, remember to always add to the email the country that you live in.

SOYO SY-KT400 Dragon Ultra User Manual

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

Chapter 3 Bios Setup Utility

Chapter 4 Drivers Installation

Chapter 5 Audio Driver Installation

Chapter 6 Highpoint Hpt372 Driver Installation

Chapter 7 Via Lan Driver Installation

Appendix A Highpoint Hpt372 Manual

Appendix B C-Media 6 Channel Audio Solution Manual

Appendix Ctroubleshooting at First Start

Appendix Dcontact Information

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